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Patented Nov. 28, |899.

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(Application med Mar. 9, 1899.)

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VINCENT G. HAZARD, OF WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, ASSIGNOR TO THE PUSEY da JONES COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

REEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 638,012, dated November 28, 1899.

Application led March 9,1899. Serial No. 708,312. (No model.)

T0 @ZZ whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, VINCENT G. HAZARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Wilmington, county of New Castle, and State of Delaware, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Revolving Reels, fully described and represented in the following` specification and the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same.

This invention relates to certain improvements in revolving reels, and more particularly to that class of machines in which a system or series of reel drums or cores are supported around a central axis and intermittently caused to revolve about this axis in order to bring them in succession into position to receive the paper which is to be wound upon them from any suitable source of supply-as, for instance, the calender-rolls of a paper-making machineeach of the said reel drums or cores having an independent movement about its own axis in order that the paper may be wound thereon, and each of the series of drums or cores after having received its charge of paper being brought into position where the charge of paper may be unwound therefrom or in certain constructions of reels the filled reel removed and replaced bya fresh reel drum or core. In such machines as heretofore constructed the entire system or series of reel drums or cores has been supported on a single central shaft-as, for instance, in arms extendingfrom the hubs mounted on the shaft. The operating mechanism which served to revolve the shaft and the mechanism by which the reels were successively revolved about their own axes have also been supported on the same shaft. Such constructions necessitate the use of a very long shaft, and the points of support of the said shaft have necessarily been so far apart, especially in reels which are used to wind up webs of paper of any considerable width, that it has been practically impossible to prevent the central shaft from sagging and springing, thereby causing an excessive amount of trouble.

It is the object of this invention to produce a revolving reel of the character described of such a construction as to avoid the use of a central carrying-shaft for the reels, whereby ports.

the sagging and springing before referred to are avoided and at the same time to do away with the necessity for using shafts of excessive length, thereby cheapening the construction of the reel and at the same time producing one which is far more efficient than those heretofore u sed in the art.

The invention consists in certain constructions andin certain parts, improvements, and combinations, such as will be hereinafter described, and fully pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the drawings, Figure l represents a vertical ,sectional view of a reel constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is an end view looking in the direction of the arrow 2 in Fig. l, and Fig. 3 is a section taken on 'the line 3 8 of Fig. l.

Referring to the drawings, 1 and 2 indicate heavy castings constituting independent sup- These supports may rest upon the floor of the building in which the reel is placed or upon suitable piers or foundations. These supports are preferably integral and U-shaped in cross-section, though they may be otherwise constructed, if desired. They are, however, formed to provide bearings 3, in which are preferably jou rnaled certain supporting and antifriction rollers 4. These rollers discharge the usual office of antifrictionrollers, and while they are desirable they are by no means essential to the successful operation of the machine. The supports may be of anysuitable shape. In the machine shown one of them is substantially rectangular in shape, as shown in Fig. 2, and the other is formed with a curved upper edge to aord space for an operating-gear to be hereinafter described, as is shown in Fig. '3. The supports are preferably mounted in small castiron knees 5, which are suitably secured to the iioor and in which are tapped set-screws 6, by means of which the supports may be adjusted in an obvious manner, and when adjusted carry with them the superstructure which is supported on them, soas to adjust the same in proper relation to the source of web-supply.

Resting on the rollers 4 is a reel-drum carrier, the essential feature of which is a pair of side frames 7 and 8. These side frames IGO may be variously shaped; but they are preferably of a generally circular outline, thus forminglarge Wheels. In order that the structure may be solid and strong, the wheels or side frames are preferably connected by means of an intermediate distance-piece 9,

Vpreferably hollow, whichl is secured to the hubs of the wheels by bolts 10. This distance-piece forms a cheap and effective means of bracing and strengthening the structure. Various other means may, however, be relied upon for this purpose.

Various means may be employed for rotating the reel-drum carrier. Preferably, however, one of the Wheels, as the Wheel 8, is provided with a rack 1l, by which it may be rotated, the rack being secured in position in any suitable manner, as by bolts. The Wheel or side frame 8 is also provided with a series of bearings 12. In the machine shown there are four of these bearings, though any number may be used, and they serve to support the projecting ends 13 of the center shafts of the reel-drums R. The side frame or Wheel 7 is in the same manner formed to providea series of bearings 14, these bearings serving to support, in a manner to be more fully described hereinafter, the other and oppositelyprojecting ends 15 of the reel-drum shafts. By thus mounting the shafts of the reel-drums in supports which are independent of each other and which are mounted so as to be rotated it will be seen that the necessity for a central shaft on which the Weight of all the reels is carried is done away with. Consequently the trouble resulting from the sagging and springing of the shaft is avoided. The side -frames being independently supported there is no necessity for any central shaft, and each reel-shaft carries only the Weight of paper wound upon the reel. The bearings 14 of the frame 7 support sleeves 19. These sleeves 19 are each provided with a short arm 2O and With a longer curved supporting-arm 2l. These arms have apertures through them, and through these apertures pass threaded rods 22, the rods engaging threaded apertures in projections 24, which are preferably integral with the side frame 7 and project from the bearings 14. Both the threaded rods 22 are provided with small pinions 26, Awhich pinions mesh with a gear 28, formed on a hub 29, which hub also is provided With a hand-wheel 30. The threaded rods 22 are further provided with collars 31, which collars, in connection with the pinions 26, serve to prevent any longitudinal movement of the rods With respect to the arms 21.

The construction just described is for the purpose of moving endwise in either direction, and thus properly adjusting in position the roll of paper while being Wound up on the reel or unwound from the reel, the position of the reel by this means being placed entirely under the control of the operator. By

turning anylone of thehand-Wheels it is obvious that the corresponding sleeve 19 will be drawn backward and will carry with it the shaft 15, and therefore, also, the reeldrum R and the roll of paper, the outer end of the sleeve abutting against a friction-pulley 33, which is suitably secured to the shaft, and by reversing the rotation of the handwheel an endwise movement of the paper-roll in an opposite direction is obtained, the sleeve 19 then abutting against a collar 18, suitably secured, as by a set-screw, to the shaft 19.

The construction just described is a convenient and effective one for the purpose.

Other constructions may, however, be substituted therefor, if desired.

' The outer end of the curved arm 21 carries a strong plate-spring 34, to which is secured, by thumb-nuts and bolts, afriction-strap 35, Which passes around the friction-pulley and serves as a braking devicein an obvious manner when the paper is being unwound from the reel. Other forms of frictioni devices may, however, be substituted, if desired.

Various mechanisms may be employed to rotate each of the reels when it is brought into position by the rotation of the frame toreceive its charge from the calender-rolls or from any other suitable source of supply. Preferably, however, there is secured to the frame 8 on the opposite side from the distance piece 9 a cylindrical support or axle 36, the said support being preferably secured, as shown, by the same bolts 10 which serve to hold the distancepiece to the frame. At the outer end of the support 36 is a clutchcarrying frame in the form of a spider, Whose arms 37 are provided with a series of bearings 38. The hub of the spider-frame is preferably made hollow, and extending into the interior thereof is a socket 39, which affords a bearing for a short shaft 40, the other end of the shaft extending through and finding its bearing in a standard 41, located at the end of the machine. The parts 36, 37, and 39 are preferably held together by a series of bolts 41 in a manner clearly shown in Fig. 1.

Loosely mounted on the shaft is a hub 42, carrying a gear-wheel 42', to which power is applied in any suitable manner. Secured to the hub 42 and preferably cast in one piece therewith is a gear-wheel 43.

Mounted in the bearings 38 of the spiderarms 37 are a series of sleeves 44. These sleeves carry clutch members 45 and further afford bearings for short shafts 46. Secured to the shaft 46 by means of feathers 47 are clutch members 48, which coperate with the clutch members 45, the two forming an ordinary form of friction-clutch. The clutch member 48 is operated by arms 49,`which are connected to collars 50 by means of links 51. The collars 50 are provided with grooves 52, these grooves being engaged by studs or levers 53, which are carried by bearings 54, which are preferably cast in one piece with the support or axle 36, as shown. These levers 53 are operated by means of sliding rods 54, which extend through the parts 36 and 9 IOO IIO

with a worm 64 on a shaft 63.

and are provided with handles 55, which are thus located on and accessible from the same side of the machine. p

The shafts 46 and the ends 13 of the reeldrum shafts are preferably connected by means of couplings 56, these couplings being connected to the two shafts by means of feathers, as shown, and being sufficiently long to permit the endwise movement of the reel-drum shafts before described.

From the construction just described it is obvious that if power be applied 'to the gear-wheel 42 the said wheel and the hub 42 and the gear-wheel 43 will be revolved, and this will cause the pinions 44 to turn, thus rotating the sleeves 44. The movement of the sleeves 44 will in turn cause a rotation of the clutch members 45, but so long as there is no engagement of the clutch members 48 and 45 there will be no rotation of the shafts 46 and 13. When, however, the two parts of any of the friction -clutches are engaged, which position of the parts is shown in the upper part of Fig. l, the rotation of the parts before referred to will cause a shaft 46 and the reel-drum shaft, with which it is connected, to rotate and effect a rotation of the corresponding reeldrum R. As the reeldrum carrier is rotated to successively bring the reels in position to receive the paper from the calender-rolls or from any other suitable source the clutch member of the particular reel which is in position .to receive the paper will be thrown into engagement by its handle and the reel caused to turn to wind the paper thereon.

The reel-drum carrier in which the reelcarrying shafts are mounted is caused to ro tate by the mechanism which will now be described.

rNear the end of the support 2 is located a shaft 60, which preferably is inclined atan angle to the vertical, as is clearly shown in the several figures. .This shaft carries at one end a beveled pinion 6l and at its other` end,

a worm-wheel 62, which is in engagement The shaft 63 is provided with a friction-clutch similar to those heretofore described, the engagement of the parts of the clutch being eected bya yoke 65, mounted on a short rock-shaft 66,

A which is journaled in suitable standards 67.

The rock-shaft 66 carries an arm 68, whichis connected by a link 69 to an arm on a rockshaft 70, which extends along the machine, and has a handle 71, which is located at the same side of the machine as the handles 55,

which control the reel-clutches.v The controlling means for the various clutches are thus all conveniently located on the same side of the machine, and the various mechanisms can thus be readily controlled by a single attendant.

Tlie mechanical devices by which the invention is carried into effect may be widely varied. The invention is not, therefore, to be limited to the specific devices shown and described for carrying out the various functions, but is to be considered' as embracing all modifications and changes which fall within its spirit and scope.

l. In a reel, the combination with a drumcarrier having two side frames of generally circular outline, of means for independently supporting each side of the side frames, means for causing the drum-carrier to rotate about its axis, reel-drums supported in the side frames, and means for revolving the reeldrums about their axes, substantially as described.

. 2. In a reel, the combination with suitable peripheral supports, of a circular drum-carrier mounted on the supports, reel-drums mounted in the carrier, means for causing the drum-carrier to move with respectto the supports and by this movement to turn about its axis, and means for revolving the reel-drums about their axes, substantially as described.

3. In a reel, the combination with a drumcarrier having side frames, of independent means acting to directly support the frames, means for causing the carrier to move with respect to the supports, reel-drums mounted in the carrier, and means for rotating the drums about their axes, substantially as described.

4. In a reel, the combination with a drumcarrier having side frames of generally circular outline, of independent means acting to directly support the frames, reel-drums mounted in the frames, means for rotating the frames, and means for rotating the reels about their axes, substantially as described.

5. In a reel, the combination with a drumcarrier having two sides of generally circular outline, of independent means for support-ing each side of the carrier, a distance-piece connecting the two sides of the carrier, means carried by the sides of the carrier for supporting a reel, and means for rotating the carrier, substantially as described.

6. In a reel, the combination with a drumcarrier having its sides consisting of a pair of wheels, of a pair of peripheral supports, antifriction-rollers mounted in the supports, a distance-piece connecting the wheels, a series of reel-drums supported by the wheels, means for revolving the wheels on the supports,`and means for rotating the drums about their aXes, substantially as described.

7. In a reel, the combination with a drumcarrier havinga pair of side frames, of means forindependently supporting the side frames, a series of reel-drums carried by the frames, means for intermittently rotating the drumcarrier, and means for intermittently rotating the reel-drums about their axes, substantially as described.

8. In a reel, the combination with a drumcarrier having a pair of side wheels, of means for independently supporting said wheels, a distance-piece connecting the, two wheels, means operating on one of the wheels for in- IOS IIO

termittently rotating both of them, a series of reel-drums carried by the wheels,and means for intermittently rotating each of the drums, substantially as described.

9. Ina reel, the combination with a drumcarrier having a pair of side wheels, of means for independently supporting each wheel, a distance-piece connecting .the two wheels, a series of reel-drums mounted in the wheel, means for intermittently rotating the wheels, means for intermittently rotating the reeldrums, and means whereby one of each reeldrums may be given a lengthwise movement to permit the reels to be adjusted in position, substantially as described.

10. In a reel, the combination with a drumcarrier having a pair of side frames, of means for independently supporting the frames so that they may turn about an axis, means for intermittently rotating the carrier on its supports, a series of reel-drums mounted in the frames, a series of clutch mechanisms corresponding in number to the reel-drums, said series of clutch mechanisms being rotated with the frames and each including a constantly-rotating member and an intermittently-rotating member, and operating means for causing the two parts of the clutch mechanism to engage and to thus rotate the reeldrums about their own axes, the operating means for all the clutch members extending to one side of the machine, substantially as described.

11. In a reel, the combination with a drumcarrier having a pair of side wheels, of means for supporting each wheel, a hollow distancepiece connecting the wheels, a series of reeldrums carried by the wheels, a clutch-carrying frame connected to and revolving with the wheels, a series of clutches supported in said frame, each clutch operating when the parts thereoi:l are engaged to rotate a reeldrum, and means for throwing the several clutches into operation, said means including operating-rods extending along the distancepiece to one side of the machine, substantially as described.

12. In a reel, the combination with a drumcarrier, of means for independently supporting each side of the carrier, a series of reeldrums supported in the carrier, a hollow distance-piece connecting the two sides of the carrier, a hollow sleeve connected to one end of the carrier, a clutch-carrying frame connected to the sleeve, suitable means acting in connection with the sleeve to support the clutch-carrying frame, a series of clutches supported in the clutch-carrying frame,means for constantly rotating one member of each of the clutches, means for engaging and disengaging the parts of the clutches, said means consisting of pivoted levers, projections on the sleeve in which said levers are pivoted, and sliding rods passing through the sleeve and the hollow distance-piece, substantially as described. f

13. In a reel, the combination with a revolving drum carrier, of a series of reeldrums supported therein, a clutch-carrying frame supported to revolve in a plane which is parallel to the plane of revolution of the frame, a series of clutch mechanisms supported in the clutch-carrying frame, means for revolving one member of the clutch mechanism, means for connecting and disconnecting the other member of the clutch from the revolving member, said means consisting of pivoted levers, and operating-rods connected to said levers, said rods being parallel to the axis of the revolving carrier and all extending to one side of the machine, substantially as described.

14. In a reel, the combination with a drumcarrier supported to turn about an axis, of means for intermittently revolving said carrier, said means including a clutch mechanism, a clutch-carrying frame connected to and revolving with the carrier, a series of clutches carried by the clutch-carrying frame, operating means for said clutches including rods parallel to the axis of the carrier and all extending to one side of the machine, a handle, and connecting devices for operating the clutch which controls the intermittently-revolving carrier, said handle being located on the same side of the machine as the ends of the operating-rods, substantially as described.

15. In a reel, the combinationwith a rotatable drum-carrier, of a series of reel-drums mounted vin the carrier, a clutchcarrying frame connected to and rotating with the rotatable carrier, a series of sleeves supported in the clutch-carrying frame, means for constantly rotating said sleeves, clutch members supported on said sleeves, a series of shafts passing through the sleeves and carrying the cooperating members of the clutches, couplings between these shafts and one of each of the reel-drum supports, means extending to one side of the machine for controlling the operation of the clutch members, and means for intermittently rotating the drum-carrier, substantially as described.

16. In a reel, the combination with a rotatable drum-carrier, of a series of reel-drums mounted in the frame7 a clutch carrying,r frame connected to and rotating with the rotatable carrier, a series of sleeves supported in the clutch-carrying frame, means for constantly rotating said sleeves, clutch members supported on said sleeves, a series of shafts passing through the sleeves and carrying the cooperating members of the clutches, couplin'gs between these shafts and one of the supports of the reel-drums, means extending to one side of the machine for controlling the operation of the clutch members, and means for intermittently rotating the drum-carrier, said means including a clutch and controlling devices therefor, the operating means for said clutch including a handle which is located on the same side of the machine as the clutchoperating devices, substantially as described.

17. In a reel, the combination with a drum- IIO carrier having a pair of Wheels, of means for In testimony whereof I have hereunto set independently supporting each of the Wheels, my hand in the presence of two subscribing a series of reeLdrums carried by the wheels, l Witnesses. a rack mounted on one of the Wheels, a shaft l VINCENT G. HAZARD.

\Vitnesses: y

THos. H. SAVERY,

HOWELL S. ENGLAND.

having a gear engaging said rack, and means for intermittently rotating the gear-carrying shaft, substantially as described. 

